Business
An article appeared last week in Washingtonian.com which you can read here which delved into the changing nature of neighborhoods in Washington, DC. The article pointed out that funeral homes, especially African-American owned funeral homes, are disappearing from the neighborhood landscape rather rapidly. The cause seems to be rising property values where a condo or…
Sometimes when you really need to know about your business, you should listen to somebody from the outside. They see that perspective from another view — and many times it is the view that Mr. Outside can see that Mr. Inside has overlooked. So, today, I have found two articles from the people on the…
There is no doubt that in any business the pricing of the product or service must work on at least two levels. The first level being that the price is appropriate enough to draw the customer to – or at least not drive the customer away – from the business. This would be known as…
We’ve written several times in this medium that funeral homes all over the country are having tough times attracting and retaining new young employees. I came across an article published by ABC.net Australia that you can read here which points out maybe some of us older, set in our ways employers just need to be…
There is no doubt that there is a tremendous value in establishing a national brand that can gain value by economies of scale, national reputation, and accessibility. Think about companies like Dominos, Burger King, McDonalds, Waste Management, Macy’s, Kohls, and the like where you know the value and quality of what you are buying when…
Every so often I read an article on funeral service that just makes me smile. When that happens it is not an article on caskets or mergers, or acquisitions, or cash-flow, or pre-need, or aftercare, it is always about the lives that have been lived serving their communities as funeral directors. Maybe, it is because…
I came across an article the other day in the Traverse City Record-Eagle with the headline “A New Life Story: Funeral home to move into bigger Location”. The story and accompanying picture caught my eye because the photo showed a construction sign that said, “Life Story Funeral Home – Traverse City.” What really caught my…
In a recent article from the News Herald that you can find here, a Cleveland, Ohio based funeral home is more than doubling its square footage of service area in an addition valued at over $1.2 million. The Gattozzi and Son Funeral Home in Chester Township is adding the space to keep pace with the…
Since the 1st of the year we have been busy telling you what happened with the public companies, where we think the public companies are going, what we think will happen in the industry in 2018, reminiscing about an old lawsuit in the industry, and giving some advice on getting positive public relations for your…
When I left off on Friday the now over 20 year old case of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Homes v. The Loewen Group was our topic. As I told you, it was an incredibly interesting drama unfolding in a Mississippi courtroom – all over the aggressive expansion plans and tactics of a Canadian based funeral home consolidator.…
